Shade-roller support.



Patented Oct. 2|, I902.

E Z N E K 0 M R 2 8 5 i 7 0 N SHADE ROLLER SUPPORT.

(Application filed hemp, 1901.

(No Model.)

- m5 NORRIS VEIERS co., PNOTU-LIYHQ, WASHINGTON, a. c.

UNITED -STATES PATE T OFFICE.

BENJAMIN MCKENZIE, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SHADE-ROLLER SU PPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,582, dated October21, 1902.

Application filed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,181. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN MCKENZIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-RollerSupports, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shade-roller supports, itsobject being to provide means by which the shade-roller may bevertically adjusted with respect to the window-frame and which willsecurely support the roller at the top of the frame when verticallyadjusted.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction andcombination here inafter specifically described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is an elevation of a window-frame, showing my improvements applied toa shaderoller. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a front elevationof a window-frame, showing the shaderoller supported at the top of theframe by means of my improvements; and Fig. 4C is a detail of one end ofthe shade-roller, shown provided with a bracket forming part of myinvention.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the windowframe, 2 the shade-roller, and 3the shade. The ends 4: of the roller-shaft are bent downward, preferablyon a curved line, as shown, and these ends removably engageeyes at thelower ends of brackets 5, while the upper ends of said bracketsterminate in hooks, which are bent, preferably, outward away from eachother. The eye of the bracket at one end of the roller is round, so asto permit the stubshaft to turn freely therein, while the'bracket at theother end of the roller is shown in Fig. 4 formed with an oblong eye 6to prevent turning of the roller, and thus allow the rollerspring to actin the ordinary manner.. Cords.

7 and 8 are each connected at one end with one of the brackets 5, saidcords passing through eyes 9 and 10 at the top of the window-frame andjoining in a cord 11. By

means of said cords it will be evident that the shade-roller can bevertically adjusted to any desired position upon the window-frame, thecord 11 then being secured in the springclamp 12 to hold the roller insaid position.

The shade is then raised or lowered with respect to the roller in theordinary manner. Thusany desired amount of light can be admitted at bothtop and bottom of the window. If it is wished to permanently support theroller at the top of the window, the brackethooks 5 can be hooked intothe eyes 9 and 10, as shown in Fig. 3, and the cords either re moved orleft in position, as shown. The eyes 9 and 10 are preferably turned atan oblique angle to receive the brackethooks, and'the looseness of thebracket-eyes upon the stub-shafts permits their slight movement in theplane of the length of the roller,whereby they can be engaged with theeyes 9 and 11 without being disengaged from the stubshafts, yet they maybe removed from the stub-shafts when desired.

By the term cord I mean to cover any flexible support, such as theordinary cur-' curved downwardly, and eyesin the corners of said frame;of two independent brackets having hooks at their upper ends turned inline with the length .of the roller, whereby they may be engaged withsaid -eyes in the frame, and bearing eyes at their lower ends looselyand removably surrounding said stubshafts, and cords leading from thehooks through the eyes in the window-frame and downward to within reachof the operator.

2. The combination with awindow-frame, ashade-roller having stub-shafts,and eyes standing at an angle with the roller in the corners of saidframe; of two independent brackets having-hooks at their upper endsturned in line with the length of the roller,

- whereby they may be engaged with said eyes in the frame, and bearingeyes at their lower ends

